diff --git a/kernel/util/misc.go b/kernel/util/misc.go
index a5ab4a8a7..ac392fb3e 100644
--- a/kernel/util/misc.go
+++ b/kernel/util/misc.go
@@ -96,6 +96,8 @@ func EscapeHTML(s string) (ret string) {
 	ret = strings.ReplaceAll(ret, "__@gt__", ">")
 	ret = strings.ReplaceAll(ret, "__@34__", """)
 	ret = strings.ReplaceAll(ret, "__@13__", "
")
+	ret = strings.ReplaceAll(ret, "<", "<")
+	ret = strings.ReplaceAll(ret, ">", ">")
 	return
 }